Email from FlashReport Check out today's headlines on FlashReport! Wednesday, January 8, 2025 Dear John, CLICK HERE TO GO STRAIGHT TO THE FR MAIN PAGE [Note: The above link takes you to the current page. You would have to toggle the date on the site if the headlines below have cycled out.] The FlashReport Main Page has been updated with all of the big stories in California...The FlashReport Blog is constantly updated with over 24 different correspondents penning items of interest to those who follow California politics and policy. THE HEADLINES OCReg: Homes burning as 2,920-acre wildfire spreads in Pacific Palisades amid strong windstorm AP: Thousands flee as wildfires burn out of control in and around Los Angeles and homes are destroyed LAT $: Fires tear through Pacific Palisades, Altadena, Pasadena and Sylmar; gusts of up to 99 mph reported OCReg: Southern California windstorm brings havoc, cancels Biden event and the peak is yet to come OCReg: Soaring electricity bills could hobble California’s green energy push, state report says OCReg: ‘Normal’ California egg prices months away, analyst says OCReg: Huntington Beach sues state again over California’s sanctuary law VOC: Huntington Beach Sues California Over Sanctuary Laws FresBee: Businesses fed up with Fresno’s homelessness crisis. Is anti-camping law solving anything? CalM: California’s $20 billion unemployment debt is looking like a political hot potato CG: Bill to Ban Biological Males From Competing in Women’s Sports Introduced SJMN: New bill aims to bar California high school transgender athletes from women’s sports CG: ExxonMobil Sues Calif. AG Rob Bonta, Environmental Groups Over Defamation OCReg: Exxon sues California AG, environmental groups over recycling ‘smear’ CG: Gov. Newsom Celebrates High Speed Rail Kern County Track Laying SFC: UC system enrolls record number of Californians amid continued growth, gains for minorities CalM: Too wet and too dry: The crazy north-south gap in California’s rain LAT $: FDA sets limits for lead in many baby foods as California disclosure law takes effect CG: Zuckerberg to Replace Facebook ‘Fact Checkers’ With Community Notes CalM: Promises to reduce California’s high living costs conflict with state’s progressive policies OCReg: New Year brings hundreds of mostly pointless laws in California OCReg: Newsom promises efficient and accountable state budget, delivers bloated and ineffective spending plan Sacramento City Council appoints interim city manager. Here's what we know SFC: Mega-development could transform S.F. railyards into cluster of towers — one 850 feet tall FresBee: Nonprofit Fresno Economic Opportunity Commission starts search for new CEO amid deficit FresBee: Auction of 135-year-old Fresno hospital site was 15 months ago. What’s stalling the sale? Vacant Tracy City Council seat causes controversy after leaders consider changes to policy CalCoast: Heather Moreno sworn in as San Luis Obispo County supervisor CalCoast: Former Mindbody CEO loses appeal, multiplies his judgement VCStar $: Emergency rooms fill up in Ventura County OCReg: Huntington Beach owes $180,000 in attorneys’ fees in air show public records lawsuit VOC: Fountain Valley City Council’s Pay Gets Doubled President Joe Biden creates national monument in Riverside County SDUT: Who will run for San Diego mayor in 2028? A lot may depend on what one man decides SDUT: Del Mar renews train tunnel concerns, asks to delay new bridge SDUT: With seat newly vacant, supervisors hit their first impasse: electing a chair Click here to read these stories at the FlashReport site! Sincerely, FlashReport Editors FLASHREPORT | Website FlashReport | 4040 MacArthur Blvd., Suite 20 | Newport Beach, CA 92660 US Unsubscribe | Update Profile | Constant Contact Data Notice
